Man to Man (Warner Bros. Pressbook, 1930)

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GIRL VINDICATES MAN WHO KILLED FOR HONOR OF FAMILY

Story on Page Four

“Where’s my boy?” first question
asked by father, after years in prison.

GRANT MITCHELL
LUCILLE POWERS
PHILLIPS HOLMES
GEORGE MARION
OTIS HARLAN
RUSSELL SIMPSON

Director

ALLAN DWAN

“Saturday Evening Post”
Story

by Ben Ames Williams

“Call my father that again,

will you!”

POWERFUL DRAMA OF A PRODIGAL FATHER

ne See Op Oe aa
Shadows of Father’s ‘Sin-
_ Fall Across Pathway oj Son

Till Love Banishes Them

PHILLIPS HOLMES
LUCILLE POWERS.

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TELE) CAST
. See oo BOLTON,

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Sr eA TIE Witt CHELL,

EMILY Lucille Powers
MICHAEL BOLTON __ Phillips Holmes
JIM McCORD George Marion
RIP HENDRY Otis Harlan
CAL BOLTON Russell Simpson
VINT GLADE Dwight Frye
TOM Bill Banker

TimeE—The Present.
PLace—Small Southern Town.

From the Story by
BEN AMES WILLIAMS

Screen Play and Dialogue by
JOSEPH JACKSON

Directed by
ALLAN DWAN

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MAN~oMAN

She loved him — a self-

confessed thief, the son of
a convicted murderer! Did
she dare marry him?
GRANT MITCHELL
LUCILLE POWERS
PHILLIPS HOLMES
GEORGE MARION

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“THE STORY OF
“MAN TO MAN”

Michael Bolton, a young
handsome lad, is compelled to
leave college, where he has at-
tained popularity as an
when it is discovered that’ his
father, Barber John Bolton, is
serving a prison term for mur-
der,

Returning to his home town in
Kentucky, where old-timers still
admire Barber John, knowing his
crime to have been justifiable,
Michael gets a job in Jim Mce-
Cord’s bank through the influence
of his Uncle Cal, after other busi-
hess men have refused to hire the
boy, He is teller, occupying a cage
next to Vint Glade, typical small
town hard guy.

Emily, the banker’s secretary,
and Mike fall in love at first sight,
a fact that greatly displeases Vint,
who tries to conceal his feelings.

Within a short time after his
son arrives home Barber John is
paroled due to good conduct, al-
though he has_ served eighteen
years, and returns home to _ be
heartily greeted by his old cronies.
But Wika. feeling that his iether

Tres —s ced. a stigma upon him, |
does not go to the station. Their
later meeting deeply hurts the
older man.

Wanting to start life over again
in some small town, Mike learns
of a proposition by which he can
make money if he can raise a few
thousand dollars. After telling
Emily of his scheme, she promises
to marry him. He is unsuccessful
in getting the funds, however, and
keeps his job at the bank.

The first day Barber John re-
opens his shop, he goes to Mike’s
cage to change a large bill. When
Mike turns to complete the tran-
saction, he sees his father’s hand
reach through the cage and pick
up his cigar that has rolled
through the opening,

That night, Mike’s books fail
to balance by two thousand dol-
lars, A vision of his father’s hand
comes before his frightened eyes.
In the meantime, while Barber
John is closing up his shop, he
discovers two money bands with
thousand-dollar stamps on them.
Later, these are found by Mike in
his father’s pocket.

Next day, the bank examiner dis-
covers the discrepancy in Mike’s

and

| books and the boy is accused of

the theft. That night, he writes a
confession to save his father, and
attempts to escape, but is brought
back just in time to hear his
father confess to the same crime.

Not believing either of them,
Emily and the banker devise a
scheme which brings about Vint
Glade’s confession to the theft
and the complete vindication of
Mike and Barber John. Glade con-
fesses he did it because Mike was
loved by Emily.

This affair brings Mike to un-
derstand his father and return his
love. He and Emily continue their
belated plans to marry.

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SYNOPSIS

IN BRIEF

Michael Bolton’s college mates,
on finding that his father is in
prison for murder, insult him so
brutally that he leaves school for
the old home town. “Barber John”
Bolton having served his term also
returns to find his son ashamed
of him, though old friends welcome
him, knowing that the killing was
done in defense of family honor:
Michael gets a job in the bank,
where pretty Emily, at once falls
in love with him. Vint Glade, a
clerk, is jealous and plots to im-
plicate Michael in crime. Michael
hears of an investment which
would let him marry Emily. He
tries to get the money and fails.
But a discrepancy of $2,000 in his
books is blamed on him and on
his father in turn, though each
makes a confession clearing the
other. McCord, the bank presi-
dent, feels sure that neither did
the deed. Emily cleverly finds the
culprit to be Vint Glade. Father
and son are reunited and Michael
and Emily plan to wed.

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“Man to Man” Has

Many Thrills

And Laughs

Two types of love are depicted
in “Man to Man,’ the Warner
Bros. and Vitaphone production of

the Ben Ames Williams “Saturday | {

Evening Post” story which comes
Theatre
on

One is the love of man and wo-
man; the other of father and son.

Lucille Powers of the

in this poignant, hu-
man and amazing story, the
scenes of which are laid in a
small town in Kentucky.

Grant Mitchell, former star of
the stage, in the role of ‘Barber
John,” and the youthful Holmes,
contributes the love of father and
son, a devotion which meets an
acid test.

George Marion, Russell Simpson,
Dwight Frye, Otis Harlan and
others complete the all-star cast.
Allan Dwan directed. Joseph Jack-
son did the screen play and dia-
logue,

the boy,
sweetheart,

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Marion in ‘Man to Man”

George Marion, widely known
stage and screen character actor
who has a prominent role in “Man

to Man,” the Warner Bros. and
Vitaphone picture which comes
COs thes tn res ie Theatre

SAE Seay next, has produced and
played in over one hundred stage
plays. Grant Mitchell, Lucille
Powers and Phillips Holmes head
the all-star cast of “Man to Man.”
Allan Dwan directed.

Phillips Holmes, has the role of|@

“Man to Man.”
Of a Son: awd

Prodigal Dad

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“Man to Man,” the Warner Bros.
and Vitaphone screen version of

Ben. Ames’ Williams’ celebrated
“Saturday Evening Post” story
will open at= thet 9.2 Theatre
Boag ee eee ve SE next

Adapted for the screen by
Joseph Jackson, “Man to Man”
reveals the efforts of a small--—

town barber to live down a pri-
son term after he returns to the
old home tiown, and of his’ at-
tempted sacrifice to save his boy
from the same fate.

Grant Mitchell, formerly of the
Stage, plays the role of Barber
John and Phillips Holmes enacts

the boy. Further romantic inter-
est is provided by the lad’s love
affair with a home town girl, por.
trayed by Lucille Powers.

George Marion, Russell Simp-
son, Dwight Frye, Otis Harlan

“Mild Otel s~ “complete — ‘the ali®8tar

cast.

Allan Dwan, famous for his in-

terpretation of human interest
screen stories, directed “Man to
Man.”

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“Self-confessed
thief... 3 son
of a murderer!
And yet I love
him witli: all my
heart! What
shall I do?”

See how
faced this .uc-
rible test

GRANT
MITCHELL

PHILLIPS
WARNER HOLMES
BROS. LUCILLE |
Present POWHRS

MAN TO
MAN

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SHOULD A SON SUFFER FOR THE
SINS OF HIS FATHER ?

Must a son inevitably suffer for
the sins of his father? Will society
always brand a boy whose father is
a jail-bird?

These questions are answered in

“Man to Man,’ the Warner Bros.
and Vitaphone production which

features Grant Mitchell, Phillips
Holmes and Lucille Powers, and
Be hee Theatre

coming to the

iell, the well known stage

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Man to Man’ Best
Father-Son Film

The Blue Grass State, famous
.or its derby, its juleps, its colonels
ana its pretty girls, provides the
background for “Man to Man,” the
Warner Bros. and Vitaphone screen
version of the Ben Ames Williams
story which opens at the __..._._.
Theatre next,

In this human comedy-drama of
a father and son appear Grant
Mitchell, Phillips Holmes, Lucille
Powers, George Marion, Rusgell
Simpson, Dwight Frye, Otis Harlan
and others. Allan Dwan directed.
Joseph Jackson did the screen play
and lialogue,

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Actor Turns Barber
For “Man to Man’

Grant Mitchell underwent a spe-
cial course in the tonsorial art for
the role of Barber John in “Man
to Man,” the Warner Bros. and Vi-
taphone version of the Ben Ames
Williams story which comes to the
Theatre next,

Mitchell learned the trick of jug-
gling scissors and comb or razor
from one of Hollywood’s leading
barbers, whose clientele includes
many screen celebrities.

Phillips Holmes enacts the juve-
nile role in “Man to Man” and Lu-
cille Powers portrays his home
town sweetheart. The cast also in-
cludes George Marion, Otis Har-
lan, Russell Simpson, Dwight Frye
and others. Allan Dwan directed.

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“Man to Man” Lead
Champion Walker

.t Mitchell, the celebrated
stage star who makes his talking
picture debut in ““Man to Man,” the
Warner Bros. and Vitaphone pro-
duction which comes to the __..__.
Theatre next, walks every-
where possible.

Upon his arrival in Hollywood
from New York, he made two trips
to Los Angeles and walked both
times. Every morning during the
making of the picture, he walked
to the studio and return, a round
trip distance of some eight miles.

Grant Mitchell has the role of
“Barber John” in this Ben Ames
Williams comedy-drama of life in
Old Kentucky. The cast also in-
cludes Phillips Holmes, Lucille
Powers, George Marion, Dwight
Frye, Russell Simpson, Otis Harlan
and others. Allan Dwan directed.
Joseph Jackson wrote the screen

ber, serves a long prison sentence
for murder which he committed
when his son was a baby. Many
years later, while the boy is in col-
lege, the father is released from
jail for good behavior. When the
lad’s college chums discover this,
he is compelled to leave the cam-
pus and face life in his own home
town. Phillips Holmes admirably
enacts the son.

The story of his fight to over-
come the mark upon him and his
father’s brave battle to gain his
son’s lost devotion make “Man to
Man” of a deep and compelling in-
terest.

Alan Dwan directed ‘Man to
Man” from Joseph Jackson’s screen
story from the Ben Ames Wililams’
original which appeared in “The
Saturday Evening Post.’ George
Marion, Otis Harlan, Russell Simp-
son, Dwight Frye, Bill Banker and
others are in the all-star cast.

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"MAN TO MAN’ SCENES
LAID IN DIXIE

The atmosphere of old Dixie
which pervades the Southern back-
ground of “Man to Man,” the Warn-
er Bros. and Vitaphone production
which comes to the The-
atre next, was not a nov-
elty to Lucille Powers during the
filming and recording of the pic-
ture,

Miss Powers, who has the femi-
nine lead and provides the roman-
tic interest with Phillips Holmes.
spent several years of her girlhood
in South Carolina where she at-
tended school in Spartanburg. It
was there she naturally acquired
the charming Southern drawl used
by Emily in “Man to Man.”

Grant Mitchell, former stage star,
portrays “Barber John” in this pow-
erful Story of a father and son’ s

sSacr LICE; sulering ana devouon vy
Ben Ames Williams. The youthful
Holmes enacts the boy. The cast
includes George Marion, Russell

Simpson, Dwight Frye, Barbara}
Weeks, Otis Harlan, Bill Banker,
and others.

Allan Dwan directed “Man to
Man.” Joseph Jackson did the

screen play and dialogue.

| GRANT MITCHELL

2 PHILLIPS HOLMES

Prodigal Father and Estranged Son

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DID YOU EVER PITCH HORSESHOES?
NEW YORK IS DOING IT NOW!

The grand old game of iplighiagy Fhre
horseshoes, favorite pastime of
every small town, was revived in
Hollywood during the filming and
recording of “Man to Man,” the
Warner Bros. and Vitaphone screen
version of Ben Ames Williams’
widely read story which takes
place in a rural town in Kentucky,
and which comes to the
Theatre next.

Several scenes of the picture de-
pict members of the cast pitching
horseshoes. During the making of

these scenes, the entire cust ana
crew became interested in the
game and spent lunch hours and
spare moments trying their skill.

New York has now taken up
horseshoe-pitching. In 48th Street
near 8th Avenue, a lot has been
furnished with pegs and the sign
reads: “Pitch Horse Shoes—Oldest
and Newest Sport in the World—

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Human Interest Stories Most Vital

Proof that modern audiences still thoroughly enjoy human interest

Five Shoes for Ten Cents.”

Grant Mitchell has the role of
“Barber John” in this story of a
father and son’s sufferings through
prejudice and mutual devotion.
Phillips Holmes plays the boy, The
cast includes Lucille Powers, Geo.
Marion, Dwight Frye, Russell Simp-
son, Otis Harlan and others. Allen
Dwan directed.

“Man to Man” stands supreme
among pictures dealing with the re-
lation between father and son. The
fact that the father in this case re-
curls arvii years ait Drs wi aM RS
his. boy grown and rankling at the
insults that he must bear because
of it. How the girl the lad loves
finally bares the true enemies of
the two, and restores peace and
happiness is the crux of the great
story.

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“MAN TO MAN” JUVENILE,
SON OF TAYLOR HOLMES

Phillips Holmes, who portrays
the juvenile lead in “Man to Man,”
the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone
production which comes to the
next, is

# the son of Taylor Holmes, famous

stage and screen comedian.

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GRANT MITCHELL GREAT
IN “MAN TO MAN”

Grant Mitchell, celebrated stage
star, makes his talking picture de-
but as “Barber John” the prodigal
father in “Man to Man,” the Warn-
er Bros. and Vitaphone screen ver-
sion of Ben Ames Williams’ story
of an erring father and an es-
tranged son, which comes to the
ES He Theatre next,

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ALL-AMERICAN GRID
STAR IN “MAN TO MAN”

Bill Banker, ‘all-American’ foot-
ball star from Tulane University,
plays his second talkie role in “Man
to Man,’ the Warner Bros. and
Vitaphone picture which comes to
Theatre _.. next,
in which the pigskin star supports
Grant Mitchell, Phillips Holmes,
Lucille Powers and others. “May.
be It’s Love” was Banker’s initial
film appearance,

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SAN ANTONIO GIRL IN
STIRRING “MAN TO MAN”

Lucille Powers, who enacts the
Southern beauty in “Man to Man,”
the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone
screen version of the Ben Ames
Williams’ storv whisk nas to the
Seat See eae Theatre enremiobneeen 11>, ¢
finds herself right at home in her
role in the picture, scenes of which
are laid in Old Kentucky. Miss
Powers was born in San Antonio,
Texas and received her schooling
in South Carolina.

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WHAT DO | OWE MY. FATHER?

“He calls me _ un-
grateful — and yet

stories, especially when packed with drama, tender romance, and chuck-
ling comedy, is evidenced by the enthusiastic reception accorded every-
where to “Man to Man,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone produc-
tion which comes to the Theatre next.

The all-star cast is headed by Grant Mitchell, Lucille Powers, and
Phillips Holmes. Others prominently cast are George Marion, Otis
Harlan, Russell Simpson, Dwight Frye and Bill Banker.
ea Pie Bictine was. adapted Dy
Joseph Jackson from the widely
read “Saturday Evening Post” story
by Ben Ames Williams. Allan Dwan
directed.

The action takes place in a small
town in the South when “Barber
John,” beloved of the old-time citi-
zens, and stamped as a jail bird
by the new, returns to start life
again in his home town after serv-
ing a long prison sentence.

The son, marked by the father’s
past record, blames the parent for
his embarrassment. The manner
in which both fight for each other
in time of trouble and learn\to love
each other provides a story of com-
pelling interest. The sweetheart
love theme is provided by the béy
and a girl of the home town played
respectively by Phillips pe fas

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Father love or
sweetheart love —
which is stronger?
Here’s a drama that
aims at the heart of
the world—and hits

Grant Mitchell Phillips Holmes

George Marion

Lucille Powers.

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WEEKS IN “MAN TO MAN”

Barbara Weeks, one of Holly-
wood’s loveliest newcomers and a
fjrecent recruit from the Ziegfeld
“Follies,” enacts Phillips Holmes’
college sweetheart in “Man to
Man,” the Warner Bros. and Vita-
phone picture which comes to the
next.
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Lucille Powers

his disgrace cost me
the girl I love —
ruined my _ career.
What have I
thank him for?”

to

This is the bitter in-
dictment of a son
paying for his fa-
ther’s crime. Is he
right? Follow his
story, his young suf-
fering. Come with
him to the moment
of his great decision!

Story by Ben Ames Williams

PHILLIPS HOLMES
GEORGE MARION

GRANT MITCHELL
LUCILLE POWERS

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Grant Mitchell
Plays Prodigal
Father Here

Grant Mitchell, who portrays
Barber John in “Man to Man,” the
Warner Bros. and Vitaphone pro-
duction now at the
Theatre, struggled for a living as
a lawyer for three years until he
finally decided he was unfit for
the legal profession and turned
his. interest to the stage.

After graduating from Andover
University and the Yale Law Col-
lege, Mitchell hung up his shingle
in Columbus, Ohio, where he was
born on June 17, 1874. During the
entire three years, he was retained
by about six clients, according to
Mitchell himself.

With the definite idea of going
on the stage firmly planted in his
mind, he went to New York and
enrolled in the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts. Within a short
time, he made his stage debut
with the illustrious Richard Mans-
held in “Utero,” at the Herald
Square Theatre, show-place of the
horse and buggy age. Employed by
Charles Frohman, Mitchell spent
six years with the theatrical pro-
ducer, appearing in numerous
plays.

A turning point in his career
came when he was obtained by
George M. Cohan to create the or-
iginal “Tailor Made Man,” which
lifted his name to electric lights
for the first. time. Later, he cre-
ated many roles in such plays as
“Get Rich Quick Wallingford,” “It
Pays to Advertise,” “The Cham-

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pion,’ “The Whole Town’s Talk-
ing,” “The Hero,’ and scores of
others.

For the past two years, Grant
Mitchell has toured the country in
a repertoire of his famous stage
hits. His last stage appearance be-
fore entering the talkies was. a re-
vival of “It Pays to Advertise,”
in Philadelphia.

He is five feet seven inches tall,
weighs one hundred and fifty-five
pounds, and has sandy hair and
brown eyes. His hobby is: seeing
other people act on the stage and
screen. His pastime is walking,
which he calls sport and exercise
combined.

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**VMian to Man” Director
Is Not Scotch Either

Allan Dwan, director of ‘Man
to Man,” the Warner Bros. and
Vitaphone production which comes
WOES: sa siare 20 Sie le ods cess Theatre
Bee Wbaaie ac loinc next, saved himself a
cool fifty cents during the mak-
ing of the picture by having his
hair cut free in the barber shop
seen in the film.

“IT not only saved the price of
the hair cut,” commented Dwan,
“but the tip for-by!” (For-by is the
Scotch expression meaning as
well).

In the cast are Grant Mitchell,
Phillips Holmes, Lucille Powers,
George Marion, Dwight Frye, Rus-
sell Simpson, Otis Harlan and
others.

story now at the
into the movies by one of the most unusual routes

Phillips Holmes, who plays the juvenile lead
in “Man to Man,’ the Warner Bros, and Vita-

version of the Ben Ames Williams
Theatre, got

Despite the fact that he comes from a thea-
trical family, being the son of Taylor Holmes,
of stage and screen fame, he had no idea of
entering motion pictures until a film director
discovered him on the campus at Princeton

A large studio was filming a college picture
——®on the historical grounds of “Old

Nasaus” and remained ten days for
certain scenes of the story. The
first day Holmes was selected for a
test and later given a role in-the
production. Because of the import-
ance of his role, he was brought to
Hollywood and signed up.

As the undergraduate, Holmes
was noted on the campus for his
work in the famous. Triangle
Club at the University. He was
born in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
on July 22, and received his early
education in that city and New
York, He spent five years study-
ing at the Trinity College, Eng-
land, and also in Paris, France.

Since coming to Hollywood, he
has played prominent parts in
“Varsity,” ‘The Devil’s Holiday,”
“Pointed Heels,” “The Return of
Sherlock Holmes,” “Onlly the
Brave,” and others.

Grant Mitchell, Lucille Powers,
George Marion, Dwight Frye, Rus-
sell Simpson, Bill Bunker, Otis
Harlan, and others complete the
east of “Mee Main le

Joseph Jackson prepared
screen story and dialogue.
Dwan directed.

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BREAKING A LANCE
FOR FATHER-LOVE

Evening Post. “And mother love

“Mother love as portrayed in
nevels and on stage and screen
has caused enough tears to flow
to make another’ Mississippi
River,” says Grant Mitchell, fam-
ous stage star who is introduced
to screen audiences in Warner
Bros. Vitaphone picture, ‘Man to
Man now cat: thers. eka ee

“Tneatre, based up on Ben Ames|
Williams drama of human hearts
“Barber John’s Boy,”
recently serialized in the Saturday

in conflict,

“MAN TO MAN”
PREVIEWED

Never has there been so much enthusiasm as followed the
preview of that enthralling and heart-gripping picture “Man

to Man.”

Does the public want to feel the heart-beat of humanity? It
does, and here is the picture that answers every demand. made
for honest entertainment with a bit of pathos and a bit of -

humor to leaven it.

“Man to Man” grips one through its conflicts with an in-
tensity that is rarely experienced. It is a slice of life that has
box-office values in every inch of its film. As a popular suc-
cess it will glitter and shine and it is played right up to the
hilt by one of the best casts ever seen on the screen.

In this cast are Grant Mitchell, a legitimate star known to
theatregoers all over the country; George Marion, whose work
in “Anna Christie” and other pictures was outstanding; Phil-
lips Holmes, a leading juvenile, whose ascendency on the screen
is bound to be meteoric after his work is seen in this picture;
Otis Harlan, a comedian starred in the days of the Hoyt farces;
Lucille Powers and Russell Simpson. To enumerate the entire

cast would be to mention big

names cast in minor roles.

In treatment, handling, casting and direction ‘Man to Man” —

leaves nothing to be desired.

And, better than all else, it is, as mentioned before, box-
office all the way through. Another smashing hit!

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Feature)

INGENUE OF “MAN TO MAN”
HAILS FROM SAN ANTONIO

Lucille Powers, who enacts the lovely Southern girl in “Man to

Man,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production now at the........

Theatre, comes naturally by her charming drawl which features her

:| characterization in the picture.

Miss Powers was born in San Antonio, Texas,
on November 18, and is the daughter of Jay
Powers, a lawyer, and Helene Powers, head of
the oral English department at Converse College.

She was educated at the Girl’s Latin School,
‘| Boston, and at the schools of Spartansburg, South
which was her residence before she
came West. Her home town saw her stage debut
in stock. She later appeared in stock in Dallas

Carolina,

and Los Angeles.

Her stage work on the Coast won her first
chance in pictures in “Three Week Ends” which
she appeared in two years ago. Since then she

has been seen in “All Quiet on

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the Western

Front,” “The King of Jazz,” and “Billy, the Kid.”

is a noble sentiment,” continues
Mr. Mitchell, “which has _ chal-
lenged the admiration of the world
from the beginning of intelligence,
but what about father love? Hasn’t
that a place in literature bigger
than the one that has been ac-
corded it?

sacrifice their leisure, their health
and sometimes their life, that the
children may have better advant-
ages than their parents enjoyed;
that they may have the comforts
of life that only money can buy.
Fathers agonize over the trials, suf-
ferings and defeats of their chil-
dren, just as mothers do,-not prob-
ably so vocally and tearfully, so
they have got the reputation of

being stern, hard-hearted and un-

forgiving.

“But men and women are both
human, and human nature is much
the same in both sexes, despite ‘a
difference in emotionalism, and
father love is as worthy of admir-
ation—and of our tears when pre-
sented on the stage and screen—
as mother love.

“The great writers of the world,

having mostly been men, have
gallantly assigned the _ greater
share in parental love to the

mother, helping to establish the
tradition that the mother loves

‘more tenderly and devotedly than

the father. Some authors have
dealt with the sorrows and joys of

fatherhood—Sophocles in his “Hdi-
“pus” plays, Shakespeare in “King

Lear,” ‘The Merchant of Venice”
and other plays. Balzac in some of
his novels and quite a number of
others—but they are in a decided

minority in comparison to the
idolators of mother love.
“In ‘Barber John’s Boy,’ upon

which ‘Man to Man’ is based, Ben
Ames Williams has chosen to pre-
sent father love—not in contrast
to mother love, for the mother is
dead in his story, but as a phase
of parental love considered by it-
self. The very human quality of
his story and of his characters
have been translated from the
pages of his book to the screen
very faithfully. The resulting emo-
tion aroused in audiences seeing
the picture will be as strong, I be-
lieve, as though mother love were
the subject.”

““Rathers love their children,|

Her beauty and ability in thes

+

productions won her the role i
“Man to Man,” which Allan Dwa
directed.

Lucille Powers is blonde a)
blue-eyed, She is five feet f
inches tall, and weighs one ht
dred and twenty-three poun’
Her hobby is motoring. She .
joys reading, particularly bio; _
phy. She is a pianist of much sl‘ih,

FATHERS
and SONS

Famous Lines for Cards in
Tabby ov W dove ——

eee

——___—

‘‘The time will come

For a’ that,

When man to man

The world o’er,

Shall brithers be,

For a’ that!”
—Burns.

A wise son maketh

A glad father.
—QOld Testament.

A booby father craves
A booby son.
—Young.

a ‘

Affliction’s sons are

Brothers in distress:

A brother to relie

How exquisite the 1 Ws.
—Burns.

Few sons attain the
praise of their great sires,
and most, their sires’ dis-
grace. |

—Pope.

It is impossible to please
all the world and one’s
father.

—La Fontaine.

(Interesting Feature)

ARE LOVE AND LAW

NATURAL

ENEMIES?

Are love and the law natural-
born enemies?

“Yes,” answers Lucille Powers,
who, with Phillips Holmes, sustains
the young love interest in “Man to
Man”—now at the
atre—the Warner Bros. and Vita-

\ talking picture based upon
,mes Williams’ story “Barber
Jouti’s Boy,” which brings the fam-

(Biographical)
Comical Otis Harlan
Village Wise Guy
In “Man to Man”

Otis Harlan, who plays the vil-
lage wag, Rip Hendry, in “Man to
Man,” the Warner Bros. and Vita-
phone picture now at the
theatre, was born and educated in
Zanesville, Ohio.

He started his stage career as a
youth and first came into promin-
ence in the farces written and pro-

duced by Charles Hoyt, a Boston
man, who was the most prolific
and successful writer of frothy
plays in the country, during the
90s. Harlan was so successful in
the Hoyt farces that the author
wrote “The Black .Sheep” especi-
ally for him, The piece was a great
success.

He made five tours through Eu-
rope. Among his plays were the
hit mentioned above, “A Trip to
Chinatown” and “What Happened
‘o Father.” He has appeared with
Veber and Fields, Elsie Janis,

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In 1920 he entered motion pic-
tures being seen in many films,
among them “Port of Dreams,”

“Good Morning, Judge,” “Broad-
way,’ “Show Boat,” and “His
Lucky Day.’

Mr. Harlan is five feet five inches
tall, weighs two hundred pounds
and has brown eyes and brown
hair.

Others in “Man to Man” are
Grant Mitchell, Phillips Holmes,
Lucille Powers, Russell Simpson,
Dwight Frye and Bill Banker. Al-
lan Dwan directed.

(Biographical)

RUSSELL SIMPSON IS
PROMINENTLY CAST
IN “MAN TO MAN”

Russell Simpson, who celebrated
his fifty-first birthday during the
making of “Man to Man,” the
Warner Bros. and Vitaphone screen
version of Ben Ames Willia
story—now at the
Theatre —in which he portra
Prominent part, has spent 1
five years in the theatre
motion pictures.

\arted his career

imcisco and Seatt
AN 4 Into road shows i
country. He played in ch foot-
light hits as “Quincy A@ams Saw-
yer,” “York State Folks,” “The
Colege Widow,” “Girl of the Gold-
en West,” “The Count of Luxem-
bourg” and many others.

One of the first of the well
known stage character players to
join the ranks of the movies, Simp-
son has played in many pictures.

His more recent productions in-| |
“Innocents of

clude ‘The Sap,”
Paris,” “Wild Geese,” “The Vir-
ginian,” “My Lady’s Past,” “Lone
Star Ranger” and “Trail of ’98.”
Simpson, who enacts the role of
the boy’s uncle in “Man to Man,”

is six feet one inch tall, has reddish.

hair and blue eyes. He weighs
one hundred and seventy pounds.
He was born in San Francisco. His
hobby is wood carving.

ous stage actor, Grant Mitchell, to
the screen.

“Woman’s love and the law are
enemies, always have been and al-
ways will be,’ says Miss Powers,
“for the reason that law embodies
the spirit of punishment, woman’s
love that of forgiveness and help-
fulness. Law is presumed to be the
spirit of social justice, but its ap-
plication taints it with punishment,
often making it injustice. It lacks
the charity of a woman’s love for
her sweetheart, husband, father and
mother, her children, Law would
punish them for infractions of the
social and legal code—deprive them
of their liberty under the guise of
reforming them, making them pay
for their wrongdoing,

“Our judges try to make the law
impersonal in the meting out of
punishment, Woman’s love is never
impersonal. In its very essence it
is personal, When a woman speaks
of love it is of love for some one
individual, or at the most of sev;
eral persons; it does not embrace
mankind at large. Her love would
shield and protect those who are
dear to\her, even when they have
provoked legal punishment for their
misdeeds. She at once becomes
embattled on their side and her in-
herent hostility to the law comes to
the surface. Her love prompts her
to fight the law with her natural
weapon — the tongue. She uttérs
half truths, equivocates, even lies
outright, to protect her loved ones
from the punishment that the law
says is just. To her, love is char-

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pity ait Lvorsiveness 5 lite saw VUE ae
unfeeling agency for punishing

those she would help. It is an en-
emy to her love and she stands
ready to fight it tooth and nail.

“The girl in ‘Man to Man’, the
part I play, finds her lover in danger
of being sent to prison by the law
for a theft to which he has con-
fessed. Her love prompts her to
disbelieve even his confession of
guilt, and in her fight to keep him
out of prison she resorts to a clever
trick which forces another man—
the guilty one—to confess, She
recognizes the law as an enemy
against which she must pit not
only her love but her wits. How
she won forms an exciting climax
to Ben Ames Williams’ story of
human hearts in conflict.”

SS

WARNER BROS. Present

MAN‘oMAN|

This is the girl who
separated father and
son. She thought
her sweetheart’s love
wasn’t good enough
for an ex-convict

father.

Grant Mitchell Phillips Holmes
Lucille Powers George Marion

“MAN TO MAN” —A Warne

How

strong

Should
are the “a Girl
onds Marry a
between Convict’s
father Son?

and s0n?

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(Review)

“MAN TO MAN”

MOST MOVING FATHER AND SON!

ACCLAIMED AS

HEART-STORY EVER SCREENED

Theatre.
Grant Mitchell, Lucille Powers

Warner Bros. present “Man to Man” with

and Phillips Holmes. Adapted

from the story by Ben Ames Williams. Screen play and dia-
logue by Joseph Jackson. Directed by Allan Dwan. Camera-

man, Ira

Morgan.

THE CAST

“BARBER JOHN” BOLTON
EMILY;;:

TOM

Absorbing in its tense drama,| when the boy realizes that his

suffused with powerful human in-
terest and wholesome comedy,
“Mian to Man,” the picturization of
Ben Ames Williams’ wellknown
story of the mutual devotion. of
father and son, opened at the’
ape ae Theatre last night.

Adapted for the screen by Joseph
Jackson, the story is gripping in
its appeal, convincing in its char-
acter delineations, and beautifully
photographed,

The action takes place in a small
town in Kentucky where a barber
tries to 11ve down the Sigma ora
prison term, and to save his boy
from the same fate. A deep note
of pathos is struck in the story

(Review)

“MAN TO MAN” WINS
PLAUDITS OF BIG
AUDIENCE HERE

Se eed Theatre: Warner Bros.
present “Man to Man.” Based
on the story by Ben Ames Wil-
liams. Screen play and dialogue
by Joseph Jackson. The cast in-
cludes Grant Mitchell, Lucille
Powers, Phillips Holmes, Geo.
Marion, Otis Harlan, Russell
Simpson, Dwight Frye and Bill
Banker. Allan Dwan directed.

Here is a picture which trembles
between laughter and tears. The
people are so human, the scenes
of the little Kentucky town
so warm and memory-arousing—
whether it is the village picnic,
with the games and the fight, or the
horse-shoe pitching on the green,
or the glimpses of oldtime darkies,
village wags in the barber shops or
the sterner scenes—all is heart-
warming and unforgettable

The story is that of “Barber John”
Bolton, who, having killed for hon-
or, is sentenced to many years in
prison, and returns after his term
is over, to the welcome of old
friends who know the truth of the

|| affair, and the resentment of his

son, who has been the butt of in-
sults on account of his father’s
wrongdoing. How both father and
son become implicated in a bank
robbery, how each confesses to the
crime which neither did, and how
the boy’s sweetheart cleverly dis-
covers the guilty man, and reunites
father and son, make a story which
is strong in drama, rich in humor,
and ‘magnificently: acted.

This is one of those rare pictures
which appeal to everybody. What-
ever else you miss don’t fail to see

One Col. Ad—Style F—Cut or mat| “Man to Man.”

GRANT MITCHELL
LUCILLE POWERS
PHILLIPS HOLMES. |

George Marion

Otis Harlan

Russell Simpson

Dwight Frye

Bill Banker

father’s past record has placed a
black mark upon him both in the
social and business world, except
for a few old-timers who know the
crime to have been justified.

Grant Mitchell, late of the stage,
in the emotional role of “Barber
John,” contributes a performance
of moving sincerity. His vivid por-
trayal of the character shows a
vivid understanding of humanity.
This is Mitchell’s initial appear-
ance on the talking screen and the
stage star displays an ability: and:
perGnatity Which vids—-welt tur-his
future in talking pictures. The
juvenile leads, played by Phillips
Holmes and Lucille Powers, are ex-
tremely well done—as are the vil-
lage people—the banker, Bolton’s
brother—the guilty man, and the
rest. “Man to Man” is the best
human interest story seen here this
year.

9s. and Vitaphone Production 5

ER: BROS. iT

(Review)

“Man to Man” Earns
Hearty Approval

Last night’s audience at the
se Ras Se Theatre heartily applauded
“Man to Man,” latest Warner Bros.
and Vitaphone picture, a screen
version of Ben Ames Williams’

“Saturday Evening Post” story.
The cast includes Grant Mitchell,
Lucille (Powers, Phillips Holmes,
George Marion, Otis Harlan, Rus-
sell Simpson, Dwight Frye and Bill
Banker. Joseph Jackson: did the
/screen play and dialogue. Allan
Dwan directed. This is the finest
study of father and son love ever
screened. A father returning after
a long prison term, finds his son
estranged on account of insults he
has been made the butt of on that
account, Many obstacles arise, but
a girl finally clears them away
and reunites the two. Great drama,
humor, pathos, perfectly acted and
directed,

GEORGE MARION
As the Banker

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Scene from "Man to Man"
A Warner Bros. Production.

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(Biographical Feature)

GEORGE MARION

OF “ANNA

CHRISTIE” FAME NOW HERE

George Marion, the veteran stage
and screen character actor who has
a prominent role in “Man to Man,”
the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone
Screen version of Ben Ames Wil-
liams’ story, now at the
Theatre, has seen more than half

«

“MAN TO MAN”

SEE THAT EVERY
FATHER AND SON
IN TOWN KNOWS
THAT “MAN TO
MAN” IS THEIR
OWN _ PICTURE
WITH THEM.
SELVES IN IT!

(Say it with tack cards)

Re |W itcr.

a century of continuous work in
practically all branches of histri-
onic effort.

Born in San Francisco on July
16, 1860, Marion made his first stage
appearance when twelve years of
age. He did not remain on the
stage permanently at this time, but
instead, completed his education
and studied law for a time.

His first love, the theatre, called
him back and for more than fifty
years he has devoted his entire life
to it. During that time he has been
actor and producer in burlesque,
minstrels, variety, legitimate shows,
silent and talking motion pictures.

Sixteen years ago, he made his
‘entry into motion pictures as pro-
ducer and director of “Madame X”
which he made for Pathe. His more
recent productions include “Anna
Christie,’ “The Big House” and
“Bishop Murder Case.” He also
played in the stage play “Anna
Christie” and in both the talking
and silent screen versions.

George Marion is five feet eight
inches tall, weighs one hundred and
seventy-five pounds, and has gray
hair and dark eyes. His son, Geo.
Marion, Jr., is a well known film

tege

“MAN TO MAN” —A Wat

SHOULD A GIRL MARRY A CONVICT’S SON?

CAN A MAN LIVE DOWN A TERM IN PRISON?

WILL SOCIETY PARDON A SON OF THE MAN IT HAS
CONDEMNED?

IS WOMAN’S INTUITION AS TRUE AS MAN’S REASON.

FATHER AND SON MEET AS MAN TO MAN.

MAN TO MAN—WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR DAD?

IS YOUR SON YOUR PAL? IF NOT, WHY NOT?

MAN TO MAN, WOULD YOU WANT YOUR SON TO DO
WHAT YOU DO?

CAN WOMAN’S LOVE MAKE UP FOR THE WORLD’S .

HATE?

(Biographical)

(Biographical)

Allan Dwan Again| The Man Who Makes Talk
for the Talkies

Triumphant in
His Direction

Allan Dwan, who directed “Man
to Man,” the Warner Bros, and
Vitaphone screen version of the
Ben Ames Williams story now at
the ........... Theatre, got his first
‘break in the early days of motion
pictures by writing and selling an
original scenario to one of the ma-
jor producing companies of that
time,

He later became a prominent
scenariest and then scenario editor.
From that position, he jumped to
directing and soon became a lead-
ing exponent of screen art.

Dwan was born in Toronto, Can-
ada, and educated at Notre Dame
University in Indiana, where in ad-
dition to his studies, he gained a
reputation in athletics and was a
football star on the 1907 varsity.

After directing many of the most
famous of silent screen stars, Dwan
organized his own company which
he operated successfully for a time.
He has directed Mary Pickford,
Douglas Fairbanks, Louis Glaum
and scores of others. His recent
pictures includes “What a Widow”
starring Gloria Swanson, “South
Sea Rose,” “Frozen Justice” and

others.

The cast of “Man to Man’ in-
cludes Grant Mitchell, Phillips
Holmes, Lucille Powers, George
Marion, Dwight Frye, Russell Simp-
son and others. Joseph Jackson
did the screen play and dialogue.

Joseph Jackson, who wrote the| Otis

Harlan, Russell Simpson,

screen play and dialogue for “Man! Dwight Frye and others complete
to Man,” Warner Bros. Vitaphone | the list of players.

comedy-drama of a father and son’s
mutual] devotion at the

Theatre ria Gredited: with iors talk- Man” whith Jackson adapted from| served a jail sentence for murder |

ing screen stories than any other
writer in Hollywood, having to his
credit more than a score of Vita-
phone productions.

Mr, Jackson was born in Win-
chester, Ky. on June 8th, 1894 and
educated at Wesleyan College and
Columbia where he specialized in
journalism. Hle was assistant dra-
matic editor and motion picture re-
viewer for the New York “World.”
He entered pictures in 1921 doing
publicity but drifted into titles and
then dialogue.

Among the stories which he pre-
pared for filming and recording are
included “Maybe It’s Love,” “Mam-
my,” “Say It With Songs,” “The
Singing Fool,” “In the Headlines,”
“Second Floor Mystery,” and many
others.

He is married to: Ethel Shannon,
a professional and the couple have
one child, Joseph Shannon Jackson.
Mr. Jackson’s favorite sports are
tennis and swimming.

Grant Mitchell heads the all-star
cast of “Man to Man” in which he
enacts the role of “Barber John.”
Phillips Holmes portrays the title
role and Lucille Powers has the
feminine lead. George Marion,

WHY WILL ROGERS DENIED DWAN

If anybody else had said it, somebody would have beén in-
sulted. But our own Will Rogers can get away with anything.
It happened during the filming and recording of the Warner
Bros. and. Vitaphone production “Man to Man,” now at the

Theatre.
included Grant Mitchiell,

Director Allan Dwan and his cast which
Phillips Holmes,

Lucille Powers,

George Marion, Russell Simpson and others, were on location

making exteriors.

Near the same spot, Will Rogers was working in a picture
and as noonday approached the world-famous comedian paid a

visit to Mr. Dwan and his troupe.

As he called timp-out for

lunch, Dwan and the cast invited Will Rogers to go to lunch
with them at a nearby restaurant.

Always on the alert for a chance to get in a laugh, Will
cocked his head and drawled:
have lunch with you. I have a morality clause in my contract!”

“Man to Man,” adapted by Joseph Jackson from the Ben
Ames Williams story of a father and son.

“Tm sorry, folks, but I can’t

Allan Dwan directed “Man to

the story by Ben Ames Williams.

COULD HE BE A _ THIEF?
Was the curse of prison, handed
down from his father, to come to
him? And her future? Could she
face it with a man wanted by the
law ... the son of a murderer?

ACCUSED
OF CRIME

A Convict

3ros. and Vitaphone Production

OW adi,

(Feature)

Big Factor, Says

“Man to Man” Director

Pace, according to Allan Dwan,
who directed Warner Bros. screen
adaptation of Ben Ames Williams
story, “Man to Man,” now at the
anes Theatre, with Grant Mitchell
and an all star cast, is one of the
most vital factors that can contrib-
ute to the making or breaking of
a picture.

“Many a picture,” says Dwan,
“that had a perfect cast and a per-
fect story has been ruined because
of lack of proper pace. Just as a
runner, or race horse will surely
lose the race if the pace is either
too fast or two slow, and by too
fast I mean starting off at a gait
that cannot be kept up throughout
the entire race, so will a picture
lose its appeal if the story isn’t
made to run smoothly and natur-
ally at all times. To permit a pic-
ture to slow down is a fatal error
and a change of tempo can kill the
effectiveness. But a proper tempo
or pace, can lift what mightj ordi-
narily have been a group of char-
acter players into a moving drama
and spell the difference between
success or failure.

“Now, Ben Ames Williams, the
author, is one of America’s best
nown human interest story writers.
The story from which ‘Man to
Man’ has been made, appeared in
the Saturday Evening Post under
the title ‘Barber John’s Boy,’ and
presented the case of a young
Southern lad who feels keenly the
disgrace _of his father who _has

—a justifiable crime. The father’s

WARNER BROS. Present

Ben Ames Williams

GRANT MITCHELL
PHILLIPS HOLMES
LUCILLE POWERS
GEORGE MARION

Soul-searching story of a criminal

father, a bewildered son and a
faithful sweetheart! :

Two Col. Ad—Style H—Cut or Mat

love for the boy is only equalled
by the hurt he suffers when he
finds it impossible to thaw out his
son’s reserve. Yet, when there is a
shortage at the bank in which the
boy is employed, both father and
son confess to stealing the m

in order to shield the othe
although both are innocent.

“To take a story of that type and
indulge in pure melodrama or to
have made a hysterical sob picture
out of it would have been just too
bad. I tried to have the members
of the cast act just the way would
have reacted if they “were the real
characters Mr. Williams so cleverly
portrayed.”

Allan Dwan is considered by
many, as being one of the screen’s
truly great directors. He directed
Douglas Fairbanks in “Robin Hood,”
and “The Iron Mask.” Some of
his other recent hits include,
“Frozen Justice,” “South Sea Rose,”
both starring Lenore Ulric, ‘Tide
of Empire,” and “What a Widow,”

with Gloria Swanson. Although he
is wemarkably versatile, his forte
is drama and comedy-drama. He
was selected to direct “Man to
Man,” because of his ability to
properly handle a human interest
story.

Lucille Powers, Phillips Holmes,
George Marion, Otis Harlan, Rus-
sell Simpson and Dwight Frye also
play prominent parts.

(Biographical)

DWIGHT FRYE IS
~ SUPERB AS “MAN ©
TO MAN” VILLAIN

Dwight Frye, the youthful men-
ace in “Man to Man,” the Warner
Bros. and Vitaphone screen version
of the Ben Ames Williams story
NOW AL LO he ee Theatre,
turned down “suping’ in many
plays, waiting for a real part in
one to launch his career on the
stage. He finally landed with the
Denham stock company in Denver,
Colorado, and for a full season
played with them in Spokane,
Washington.

Taking a flyer in vaudeville, he
did a dramatic sketch with Mrs.
Jack Norworth, titled “Magic
Glasses.” This was followed by a
season in repertoire and a year in
stock in Pittsfield, Mass. It was
there that a wealthy New York so-
ciety woman saw Frye perform and
she aided him in reaching Broad-
way.

In his first Broadway play, “The
Plot Thickens,”’ Frye scored a per-
sonal triumph. Among his other
plays are “Six Characters in Search
of an Author,” “Rita -.Coventry,”
“The Love Habit,’ lead opposite
Queenie Smith in “Sitting Pretty,”
Lenore Ulric’s lover in “Mima,”
““A Man’s Man,” “The Devil and the
Cheese,” “The Queen’s Husband,”
and two theatre guild plays.
Chief Thing” and “Goat Son;

Coming to. Hollywood, Fry
peared in “A Man’s Man” at the
Vine Street Theatre and “Rope’s
End” at the Figueroa Playhouse.
Noal Madison was the lead in
“Rope’s End” and when Warner
Bros. decided to film and record
“The Doorway to Hell,” both he
and Frye were signed for roles in
the picture.

He was then immediately signed
for the important heavy role in
“Man to Man” which Allan Dwan
directed.

Dwight Frye was born in Salina,
Kansas, on February 22 and at-
tended school in Denver, Colorado.
He went into business after com-
pleting his education, but always
kept his eye on the theatre as hi
future. He is five feet seven and
one-half inches tall, and has brown
hair and blue eyes,

“MAN

(Feature)

SOME POPULAR THEMES IN
SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT

Popular entertainment growing
out of the human imagination—
stories of all kinds, whether in
books, on the stage or on the
screen—has been roughly divided
into two classes: the literature of

~eape and the literature of recog-

on. The former takes us out of

“selves and our daily life by pre-
senting characters in situations
that either could not happen at all
or so rarely and under such special
circumstances that, they lie beyond
what has come within our experi-
ence. The literature of recognition
presents life as we know it from
actual experience in our own lives
and the lives of our friends. We
recognize ourselves and our friends
in the characters of the story, in
the situations in which they find
themselves and the means by which
they extricate themselves or fall
Pee ee

“MAN TO MAN”

Thrilling screen ver-
sion of the Ben Ames
Williams story of
father and son—read
by the Saturday Eve-
: ning Post millions as

\\ “Barber John’s Boy.”

(Biographical)

GRID HERO TAKES
HAYMAKERS IN
“MAN TO MAN”

Bill Banker, All-American half-
back from Tulane University who
jumped into the movies in a foot-
ball picture and won a contract
with Warner Bros., plays his first
role in a film other than a football
story, with Grant Mitchell and Lu-
cille Powers in “Man to Man,”
Warner Bros,’ screen adaptation of
Ben Ames Williams’ story “Barber
John’s Boy,” now at the
Theatre,

Banker who came to Hollywood
with ten other All-Americans to
play in “Maybe It’s Love,” won a
contract because of his splendid
rugged physique and his soft south-
ern drawl. After appearing in ‘‘Col-
lege Lovers,” for First National,
he was selected to play in “Man
to Man,” where his ability to take

‘shment, developed on the grid-

, Stood him in good stead dur-
_.s the making of the picture for
he had to take more than one blow
on the chin from Phillips Holmes
who plays the role of “Barber
John’s” boy, a sensitive lad who
feels keenly the disgrace of his
father’s prison sentence.

As the town bully, Banker makes
a disparaging remark about
Holmes’ father and Holmes gets in-
to a fist fight with Banker, Holmes
winning the fight with a right hand
blow to the chin. The rehearsals
were just as realistic as the actual
filming and for several days after-
ward, Banker nursed a tender chin
because Director Allan Dwan in-
sisted upon real haymakers.

victim to their own natures and
their environment.

“Man to Man,’ the newly com-
pleted Warner Bros. Vitaphone
talking picture based upon Ben
Ames Williams’ story, and now at
the Theatre, belongs to
the second class, that of recogni-
tion. The characters are everyday
human beings as real as our next
door neighbors. We believe in them
and in the situation in which the
author places them and in their re-
actions to the situations.

Both the story of escape and the
story of recognition are popular on
the screen, one represented by the
Cinderella theme and the other by
the theme of self-sacrifice which is
as old as parental love. ‘Man to
Man” employs the theme of self-
sacrifice exemplified in father love.
Grant Mitchell, famous stage star,
appears as the father, “Barber
John,” and young Phillips Holmes,
son of Taylor Holmes, as Barber
John’s boy, Many other noted
players are in the cast—George
Marion, Russell Simpson, Otis Har-
lan—all noted for the realism of
their characterizations.

“Self sacrifices as a theme in
stories is as old as life itself,” says
Phillips Holmes, who, as the son,
confesses to a theft of which he be-
lieves his father is guilty, and to
which the father confesses to save
his son from prison—as he thinks.
“Moralists and religionists find in
self-sacrifice a deepening of the un-
derstanding and sympathy, and a
growth in grace,” continues Mr.
Holmes.
the human race by precept and ex-
ample for so many centuries that
an individual who goes his own
way and lives his own life regard-
less of others is considered as ruth-
less and inhuman—almost a mon-
ster of cold-bloodedness.

“Being so grounded into our
daily lives, self-sacrifice is one of
the basic themes in what the critics
eall ‘the literature of recognition’
Writers could not overlook it. It

has given rise to some of the most
cremendous dramas in literature as
in life. And it never fails to exer-
cise a potent influence upon the
amotions of mankind. The spec-
tacle of parents sacrificing them-
selves for their children, of chil-
djren. giving up their own lives to
minister to ailing or incapacitated
parents, of brothers and sisters and
lovers sacrificing their own desires
for each other, is a well of drama
from which we have all drawn and
in which we recognize the common
strain of humanity. The drama of
self-sacrifice will maintain its hold
upon the emotions probably as long
as we remain human and have emo-
tions. Ben Ames Williams drew
upon parental love for his theme
in ‘Barber John’s Boy’ which comes
to the screen under the title of
‘Man to Man,’ but makes it a story
of father and not mother love
thereby giving a novel angle to
its appeal.

WARNER BROS, Present

see Ata fon
“it has been armed io,

Scene from "Man to.

LUCILLE POWERS — PHILLIPS HOLMES
5—Cut or Mat

Production No.

TO MAN” —A Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Production

CHARACTER CREATOR BRINGS
TALENTS TO SCREEN

Grant Mitchell, who has earned
an enviable reputation as a creator
of stage roles, has brought his
genius for creating to the screen,
under the auspices of Warner Bros.
His first talking picture shows him
as “Barber John” in “Man to Man”,
Theatre.

In building the character, the
stage star brought into play all the
knowledge and experience he has
gained through his years of per-
forming before the footlights. He
tried to do the things and say the
things a barber would say and he
endeavored to mould a human be-

ing with a heart and soul who in
the scheme of things was a barber
by profession. He strove to sub-
merge the great actor in the char-
acter and appear not as an mime,
but just as Barber John. The char-
acter dominates,

now at the

On this point Mitchell says:

“Next to the play, of course, the
character is the thing. I never
think of myself as playing a role
but think of the person and as far
as I can, I actually live the part.
I think as the character would
think, use his mannerism $ and
speak his language.

“Barber John is essentially a
father, a loving father who feels
keenly his son’s aloofness because
the father had been convicted of a
crime. It is merely an accident of
fate that he earns his living as a
barber. Therefore the character is

Bill Banker, Grid Star,
In **Man to Man’”’

Bill Banker, All-American half-
back from Tulane University who
jumped into the movies in a foot-

:| ball picture and won a term con-

One Col. Ad—Style J—Cut or Mat

tract with Warner Bros., plays his
first role in a film other than a
football story in “Man to Man,” the
Vitaphone production now at the
Theatre.

Banker came to Hollywood with
ten other All-American pigskin
stars to play in the college picture
“Maybe It’s Love.” After affixing
his signature to a contract, he then
appeared in the First National col-
lege story “College Lovers.”

woven around his parenthood and
his undying devotion for his son.”

In creating roles, Grant Mitchell
has found a greater joy in the the-

atre than merely acting parts and|

those who have seen his first
screen efforts, feel that he has con-
tributed the same inspiring work
that marked his stage perform-

ances,

Two Col. Ad—Style K—Cut or Mat

(Current)

GRANT MITCHELL HAS
FAMOUS RELATIVES

Grant Mitchell, popular character
creator of the stage who makes his
his first sereen appearance in
Warner Bros. adaptation of tha
Ben Ames Williams story, ‘““Man to
Man” now at the _______. _.. Theatre
is the proud possessor of a family
tree with an enviable historical
background.

His great uncle was Rutherford
B. Hayes, one time President of the
United States and his father, Gen-
eral Grant Mitchell, one of the out-
standing military men of the Civil
War, was also one of the most
noted lawyers of his day.

In “Man to Man,” Grant Mitchell
is seen as “Barber John,” a man
popular with his townsmen despite
the fact that he had served eight-
een years in prison for a justifiable ;
murder, His son, a sensitive lad,
feels his father’s disgrace keenly
and the father in turn, is deeply
hurt by his son’s aloofness.

The ali star cast includes Phil-
lips Holmes, Lucille Powers, Geo.
Marion, Joan Blondell, Dwight
Frye, Russell Simpson, Otis Har-
land, and others. Allan Dwan dt
rected.

8 “MAN TO MAN” — A Warner Bros. and Vitap hone Production __ ie

Wee Strangest Love Triangle
resent

The Screen Has
Ever Known!

THE GIRL
Her sweetheart’s love
was too good for his

father—so she stole it
for herself.

THE FATHER
Convict, murderer. His
disgrace had robbed his
son of romance. Would
any girl marry the son
of a murderer?

THE BOY

Torn between father
love and sweetheart.
love with honor hang-

ing in the balance. © | From the dramatic novel by

sts | Ben Ames Williams

GRANT MITCHELL LUCILLE POWERS
PHILLIPS HOLMES GEORGE MARION

Three Col. Ad—Style L—Cut or Mat

-—_

What You Have to Sell |

Man to Man, we’re telling you this is a great picture for any showman.
A picture you can atm with the ammunition of smash advertising and loud
ballyhoo and be sure it will hit the box-office target square in the centre.
In these angles there is strength:—

1., A theme that strikes the heart of every potential customer in your
town. It goes deep to the root of human relationships to find re-
sponse from every parent and every son or daughter.

2. Stress the conflict between this father and his boy. How strong
are the bonds of family? Can they ever be completely severed—
even by disgrace?

3. Ask your audience to answer the question: Which is the greater
debt—from parent to child—or from child to parent?

4. And don’t overlook the romance which abounds in the situation
confronting the boy and girl when the return of his father threat-
ens their love affair.

5. You can treat the picture as a romance, or you can treat it as a
problem drama—and you’ll find it a money-maker either way.

6. The cast is big. Grant Mitchell, famous stage star, whose tours
have made him a favorite in every part of the country. Phillips
Holmes, a sensational success in “Her Man.” Lucille Powers,
whose reputation grows with every picture. And George Marion,
remembered for his splendid work in “Anna Christie?” and other

films.

7. The director is Alan Dwan who tops a brilliant career of box-office
and audience productions with ‘Man to Man.”

7 SRS ES SS cS a ane oa nt a ae aN ORE oT Ce Gee Ree a eee

MR. SHOWMAN:—

Talking straight from the shoulder—
as man to man—-you are starting right
for a whirlwind campaign, when you
first flash across your screen the thrill-

ing “Man to Man”

TALKING
TRAILER

4 STRAND |

r

Strangest Love
Triangle Fate

Ever Drew!

A girl who stole love
from a boy, be-
cause she thought
his father unworthy
of it. See what hap-
pens when the son
confesses to a crime
greater than his

father’s.

WARNER BROS. Prese

MAN*MAN

Story by Ben Ames Williams
GRANT MITCHELL PHILLIPS HOLMES
=a
LUCILLE POWERS GEORGE MARION

Two Col. Ad—Style M—Cut or Mat

. “MAN TO MAN” — A. Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Production

Posters with “Man to Man” Punch

5

\ Color Description of Twenty-Four Sheet

BACKGROUND YELLOW, TITLE VERMILION
WITH WHITE OUTLINE; FIGURES OF THE

—_ THREE FEATURED PLAYERS IN VIVID
COLORS OF THE FULL PALETTE.

ONE-SHEET A TWENTY-FOUR SHEET ONE-SHEET B

U U
T T
O O
U U
T T
S S
Y S
E E
L L
L i
THREE-SHEET A SIX-SHEET THREE-SHEET B

Heraid -Window Card———Slide .

BRILLIANT IN COLOR WITH APPEALING COPY AND SPACE ON THE BACK PAGE FOR THEATRE

DATA, THE “MAN TO MAN” HERALD IS SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT, SOMETHING WORTH

SHOUTING ABOUT. THERE ARE ALSO TWO GORGEOUS SLIDES AND A STOP-LOOK-AND-COME-TO
LISTEN WINDOW CARD — AS WELL AS THE USUAL INSERT AND LOBBY CARDS.

10

“MAN TO MAN” —A Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Production

EXPLOITATION SUGGESTIONS

Anagrams Arouse
Much (Interest

The anagram idea consists of inserting an additional let-

ter in a word, mixing all the letters and creating a new word

which corresponds to the definition.

The stunt may be easily planted with the papers since

papers must be bought to get the coupon.

mailed to your box-office.

This will increase your mailing list.

Have answers

The anagram may

be used in your program if desired, with the same contest idea.
Poor attendance may be pepped up by giving out a number

of tickets to a matinee, one to each person.

apt to come with a friend.

They will be

Can You Solve These Anagrams?

30

FREE TICKETS TO SEE
“MAN TO MAN”

To the First Fifty Correct Answers

Write the answer in the last column.

Add your name

and address, hand to the cashier of the Theatre
between ten o’clock and one o’clock today, and get your free

ticket to the greatest father and son drama ever filmed.

A DIFFERENT
ANAGRAM

My 1 is in Man (M)
But not in Boy;

My 2 is in Play (A)
But not in Toy;

My 3 is in Can (N)
But not in May;

My 4 is in Tip (T)
But not in Pay;

My 5 is in Dog (O)
But not in Cat;

My 6 is in Mice (M)
But no tin Rat;

My 7 is in An (A)
But not in The;

My 8 is in Any (N)

But not in Me.

My all is in the play
By Warners done—
Greatest ever,

Of father and son.

J4

Aa: i wv? vith Sasa comers aar??
&*

. Mix ‘s”

and |
me aria

get the bracelet of a savage.

Sens penne

. Mix “s” an “mother” and

get a convenience for pic-

nickers.

with “trainer” and
get many formations of

rocks continuously related.

. Mix “s” with “comedian”

and get madmen.

. Mix “s” with “Eden” and

get a word meaning com-
pact or crowded.

ANSWERS

GET THE KIDS

ON THE GO

Get out tack cards with
the words, ‘‘Say now, fel-
low, man to man, why
not save up the pennies
—and treat yourself and
your dad to the biggest
father and son picture
ever made, now at the
Theatre?”

BE SURE
to use the

TALKING

TRAILER

PYoMmy.\13

Grant

**By his own con-
fession, he is a
thief. His father
before him was a
convict — a mur-
derer!

‘And yet I love
him with all my
heart. WHAT
SHALL I DO?”

Arrange With Church Clubs
For Father and Son
Attendance

Much has been done in various churches to

foster the chummy attitude between father

and son. Various clubs such as the Y.M.H.
'A., Y.M.C.A, K. of C, Big Brothers, Boy
Scouts, have arranged get-togethers, enter-
tainments, dinners and theatre attendance to-

gether.

This suggests that you should get the interest

of those interested in fathers and sons, to

have a special performance known as the

‘“Father and Son Night.”

You will be thrilled to know her decision

in this great drama of a father who defied

the law and a son who was torn between
father love and sweetheart love.

WARNER BROS. Present

MAN TO MAN

Lucille

Phillips . George

1. ARMRING
2. THERMOS
Print in program offering
tickets to the ten sending cor- 3. TERRAINS
rect name of play—before its 4. DEMONIACS
announcement in ads and pub-
licity. 5. DENSE

MITCHELL

HOLMES

MARION POWERS

Three Col. Ad—Style N—Cut or Mat

“MAN TO MAN ”? —A Warner Bros. and Vita hone Bisdicticn 1}

MAN TO MAN

Should A Girl Marry
CONTESTS

A Convict’s Son

“Man to Man”
€@ Natural For Big
Newspaper Contest

If fights, wrestling
matches or football
games are on in town,
get out cards:

“A Thrilling Man to
Man contest is going to
be seen at the

|today. Tonight, see an-
other great one at the

_ Theatre—
‘Man to Man’.”

Many good angles for spirited newspaper con-

tests are to be found in ‘SMan to Man.”

1. An essay for school children, or others,

offering a prize for the best effort. Prize to be given

at specified time. Let the subject be: “Man to
Man—Why Shouldn’t Business Soon Come Back?”

She steals a boy’s love

Let the Talkie from his father—be-

TRAILER cause she thought he

wasn’t good enough to
Talk for You

2. Other subjects would be ‘Can a Son Live
Down a Father’s Sin?” ‘Should Children Always
Honor Their Parents?” “What Relationship Should

Exist Between a Father and Son?”

No question
about it—
it IS great!

have it.

WARNER BROS. Present

AN MAN

cia a ee —
With stills from GRANT MITCHELL PHILLIPS HOLMES

| Your Theatre and News
Stores in CoO. Ad

BOOK STORE
DISPLAY

ee
is % Man to Man” is one of those pictures which lend LUCILLE POWERS GEORGE MARION
| °‘Man to Man’’ to tie it

2 themselves to the co-operative ad, for shops selling
| all together arrange for

| goods used by men.
ja showing of pictures of Two Col. Ad—Style O—Cut or Mat

i red-blooded he-men in Call in your advertising solicitor, and start the ball

rolling by taking an ad on your own. Then ask that

he go to all sorts of shops catering to men—tailors, DON'T Mi | Ss NEXT : AGE

shoemakers, haberdashers, cigarmen, garagemen, res-

| conflict—Stories of Zane
| Grey, Peter B. Kyne and
|O. Henry are good ex-
amples. Use card with || taurant keepers, and get them to put an ad in a co-oper- More peppy exploita: ion

play data. ative ad, which may be easily made into a double-

ideas are outlined on it!

spread display.

In this connection have a

SEND THIS POST CARD coupon on the page which|GET SCHOOL KIDS GOING ON THIS FATHER AND

will entitled those who bring it SON CONTEST

in to a discount on their pur-
Send the card below to households where there are fathers | chases.
4 sons:

Who was the father’ of Justice Holmes of the Supreme Court?
Who was the father of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth?

Cards for windows giving
Be Bather and Son: list of those participating in
the ad, with the discounts of-
fered—and data about ‘Man
to Man” at your theatre.

Who was the father of Princess Cantacazume

Because ““Man to Man”’ is the finest father and son pic-
ture ever filmed we are taking this opportunity to write you
personally, inviting you to come together—of course not
forgetting mother and the girls of the family—during the run

What grandson followed his granidfather as President?

1

2

3

4. What great French novelists were father and son?

5

6. What novelist is said to have caricatured his father in Micawber?
7

What president was the father of “Little Tad’?

8. What famous movie actor has a son who acts, paints, writes and

of this thrilling story of devotion, sacrifice and love between res does creditable work in marble?
father and son, and between man and woman. The engage- Mi A N T0 Mi A N 9. What multi-millionaire has a son named Edson?
ment begins Ga Ba a eae EET SRT next. 10. What great father and son play is now at the Theatre?

Cordially your friend, Should be seen by all

fathers and sons—at the || 4NSWERS—1. Oliver Wendell Holmes. 2. Theodore Roosevelt. 3.. Presi-
dent Grant. 4. Alexantlre Dumas, pere et fils. 5. John Quincy
Adams. 6. Charles Dickers. 7. Abraham Lincoln. 8 Douglas Fair-
banks, Sr. 9. Ford. 10. ‘Man to Man,” a Warner Bros. Vitapho-
production.

12

“MAN TO MAN” —A Warner Bros. and Vi

taphone Production

EXPLOITATION SUGGESTIONS

NEWSPAPER CONTEST

Should a Girl Marry An

Ex-Convict’s Son

Get up a newspaper contest offering prizes for the ten
best two-hundred-word answers to the above question.
The contest should start with a story in the paper
something like the following: IS A GIRL JUSTI-
FIED IN MARRYING THE SON OF AN EX-CON-
VICT? Does heredity tell in the offspring of offend-
ers? Does the environment offset heredity? Is it
right for her to subject children she may have to
the stigma of a father’s crime which will cause them
to be ridiculed by other children? Can the disgrace
be lived down?

“Man to Man’ Tieups

*Vian to Man’’

cards made up for all sorts of merchandise.

might read ‘Man to Man”—if we can’t serve you, no- nants of the sport.

body can,” or ‘SMan to Man—the meals served here|thrown Badd
to rural places and ancient times. __New York has taken

are the kind mother used t> » make, ” or SSMan.te fin— |

come in and look over our Savings Plan,”

here will suit you—and how.”

It is a good plan to see’

dealers and find what spe-

Distribute
Heralds

in envelopes on

cials they have to offer,
then make up card with
still from ‘SMan to Man”
and mention of the special
and data about the thrills

and human interest in the which are the

picture. You will have no words—

trouble in getting them in |
windows—and your win- “A MESSAGE
dow card man can make FOR YOU
them up at small cost to MAN TO MAN”

you.

“MAN TO MAN”

(VITAPHONE)
RUNNING TIME
1 hour—9 minutes

FOOTAGE
6281 Feet

or ‘Man| UP the sport.

to Man—straight from the shoulder—the suits made is a resplendent indoor field, with signs offering five
horse-shoes for a dime—and the patronage is gratify-

You haven't started ad-
vertising “Man to Man”

until this sensational
all-talking trailer is on
the screen!

Get UpLocalHorse-Shoe
Pitching Bout

One of the most delightful scenes of ‘Man to Man”
shows all the home town folks engaging in a friendly
3 game of horse-shoe pitching. This is one of the most
is a title which can head window| ancient entertainments in the world, the Greek statue

The card|of the disc-thrower being one of the interesting rem-

io ——

ing. Your stunt would be to get a story in the paper
mentioning the contest which is to take place on some
centrally located lot in town, prizes to be offered for the
best score. Have your house artist make up cards using
the still which shows the game in “Man to Man” and
giving details of the tournament and data about the
play. You might also plan for a contest between Old-
Timers and the Young Chaps.
interest and to make evident the warm human interest

which suffuses this greatest of Father and Son pictures.

HOME TOWNS OF

THE PLAYERS

““quoits.”” or

Near Eighth A Avenue in the late Forties

GRANT MITCHELL—
COLUMBUS, OHIO

LUCILLE POWERS—
SAN ANTONIO, 1

PHILLIPS HOLMES—
GRAND RAPIDS, M,

GEORGE MARION—
SAN FRANCISCO

OTIS HARLAN—

: ZANESVILLE, OHIO

RUSSELL SIMPSON—
SAN FRANCISCO

DWIGHT FRYE—
SALINA, KANSAS

ALAN DWAN, Director,
TORONTO, CAN.

Play Up the Home Town
Folks

Sliding Scale Prices of
Advertising Accessories

1-SHEETS

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STG L006 eee ae as 13c each
Over::100 2 ise llc each
3-SHEETS
Ee tos 25) ao ks ee 40c each
Over 25 <n eee SOE CHE
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Over 20: 2 ee 65c each

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Over iG a ie 1.75 each
WINDOW CARDS
Lito {5052 ee 7c each
1 Rey oo ae 00 Reva sc ee an em 6c each
Over 1003222 e eas 5'4c each
INSERT CARDS
Vite 2256 ee ee 25¢ each
26: to) 50 ee es 22c each
51 to 100)5 os £2 90c ‘each
Over OO} eee ae 18c each
HERALDS ;
TMto 5M Seas $3.00 per M
Over. 5M es caren 2.75 per M
PHOTOS

11 x 14 photos oe _75c a set

(8 in set- colored)
22 x 28 photos ee Se 80c a set

Thi : (2 in set-colored)
1S 1S sure to arouse Glittg inn oe see SB sens 15c each
Stills) ei See can 10c each
Press: Sheets 2.2 i as Gratis

Mastic (Cues ees Gratis

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GOOD TEASER
STUFF

Make up teaser one-
sheets, half-sheets or
window cards’ which
read:

“TO YOU — WHO.-
EVER YOU ARE —
TALKING AS MAN
TO MAN—THE
THRILL OF YOUR
LIFE AWAITS YOU
Ae EE oe hes
THEATRE NOW.”

WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR
OWN ADS

PLEASE USE FOLLOWING PROPORTIONS

WARNER BROS. Present 0 25%
“MAN TO MAN”... 100%
—wvith—

GRANT MITCHELL MeO eee nea de 50%
LAICILLE POW ERS 2662 50%
PHILLIPS HOLMES 3 ee 50%
George: Marion = a ee 40%
CTS PYAR AIG On he a ee 20%
RUSSELL SIMPSON 5 00s ee 20%
PA WIGEEE PRY es ee 20%
BALL (BAIR 50 ee 20%
Based on the Story by Ben Ames Williams 3%
Screen play and dialogue by Joseph Jackson 2%
Directed by Alan Dwan 2200 in ee 10%
A Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Production 10%

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